A Meriden man trafficked cocaine from Puerto Rico to CT through the mail. Now he's going to prison.
A Meriden man was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison on Friday for participating in a drug trafficking ring that used the U.S. Mai...
A Meriden man was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison on Friday for participating in a drug trafficking ring that used the U.S. Mail to ship cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. Jean Carlos Mercado, 34, of Meriden, was sentenced to four year and two months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford. In October 2020, law enforcement was alerted to suspicious parcels that were being mailed from Puerto Rico to an address in Meriden, court reports said.